Ecclesiastes Rabbah 5:19

¹“For let him remember the days of his life that they are not many, as it is God who responds with the joy of his heart” (Ecclesiastes 5:19). “For let him remember the days of his life that they are not many” – this is the generation of Eli. ). “As it is God who responds with the joy of his heart” – this is Elkana, who would guide Israel and take them up to Jerusalem each and every year on a different route. That is why the verse lauds him: “This man ascended from his city from year to year” (I Samuel 1:3).